Uses

Workstation

Hardware

  • Custom Built PCIntel i9-12900KRTX 409032GB DDR5

    Primary workstation for development, design, and creative work. Watercooled for silent operation under heavy loads.

  • Alienware AW3423DW34" 3440x1440175HzQD-OLED

    Ultrawide QD-OLED monitor with infinite contrast and vibrant colors. Perfect for productivity and gaming.

  • Keychron Q14 MaxAlice LayoutQMKWireless

    Wireless mechanical keyboard with Alice ergonomic layout. Fully programmable with QMK/VIA support.

  • Razer Viper V3 ProWireless35g8000Hz

    Ultra-lightweight wireless gaming mouse with flawless tracking and exceptional battery life.

  • Beyerdynamic DT 900 Pro XOpen-back48Ω

    Open-back studio headphones with detailed sound reproduction for mixing and long listening sessions.

Software

  • Windows 11

    Primary operating system for daily work, gaming, and creative applications.

  • Affinity

    Professional creative software for photo editing, vector graphics, and desktop publishing.

  • ComfyUI

    Node-based interface for Stable Diffusion, enabling complex AI image generation workflows.

  • Ollama

    Local LLM runner for experimenting with various open-source language models.

Lab

Hardware

  • Dell PowerEdge R4302x Intel Xeon E5-2630v4 (10C/20T)96GB DDR4

    1U rack server running Proxmox for virtualization, self-hosted services, and experimentation.

  • Intel Arc A310AV1/HEVC/H.264 Encode

    Dedicated GPU for hardware-accelerated AV1 encoding and transcoding workloads.

  • AMD Radeon Pro WX66008GB GDDR6PCIe 4.0

    Workstation GPU for GPU-accelerated compute tasks and VM passthrough.

  • Storage Array3x 14TB HDDRAIDZ1

    RAIDZ1 configuration providing redundancy and substantial storage capacity for media and backups.

Software

  • Proxmox VE

    Open-source virtualization platform for managing VMs and containers. The backbone of all lab operations.

  • Linux Kernel 6.14.11-1-pve

    Latest Proxmox-optimized kernel with performance improvements and hardware support.

For what actually runs on this hardware, see the Lab.

Last updatedJanuary 2026Inspired by uses.tech

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